Though it is generally acknowledged that Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1836) was the first to put mission studies in the curriculum of theology, the contents of his theology of mission are not very well known. This article offers a careful reconstruction of his mission theology based on a gender-critical and postcolonial reading of the main sources, in particular Christian Ethics. Schleiermacher made a case for a family-based type of mission, closely linking mission activity to religious education. He favored an organic and grassroots approach to mission. By highlighting his upbringing in the Moravian mission-oriented community and by analyzing his reluctance to morally justify modern foreign missions, the author replies to recently voiced criticisms that Schleiermacher's theology takes a colonialist stance and contributes to the export of a "cult of female domesticity". His views on the superiority of Christian religion can be counterbalanced and modified by his actual theology of the missional encounter. The article proposes to retrospectively regard Schleiermacher as one of the first theologians who convincingly expressed the notion of a missional church which is as inclusive as possible. Though it is generally acknowledged that Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1836) was the first to put mission studies in the curriculum of theology, the contents of his theology of mission are not very well known. This article offers a careful reconstruction of his mission theology based on a gender-critical and postcolonial reading of the main sources, in particular Christian Ethics. Schleiermacher made a case for a family-based type of mission, closely linking mission activity to religious education. He favored an organic and grassroots approach to mission. By highlighting his upbringing in the Moravian mission-oriented community and by analyzing his reluctance to morally justify modern foreign missions, the author replies to recently voiced criticisms that Schleiermacher's theology takes a colonialist stance and contributes to the export of a "cult of female domesticity". His views on the superiority of Christian religion can be counterbalanced and modified by his actual theology of the missional encounter. The article proposes to retrospectively regard Schleiermacher as one of the first theologians who convincingly expressed the notion of a missional church which is as inclusive as possible.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2013
توصيف ظاهري
221-247
عنوان
Mission Studies
شماره جلد
30/2
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1573-3831
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اصطلاح موضوعی
Christian ethics
اصطلاح موضوعی
colonialism
اصطلاح موضوعی
ecclesiology
اصطلاح موضوعی
family
اصطلاح موضوعی
General
اصطلاح موضوعی
History of Religion
اصطلاح موضوعی
mission theology
اصطلاح موضوعی
Moravians
اصطلاح موضوعی
Religion & Society
اصطلاح موضوعی
Religious Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
Schleiermacher
اصطلاح موضوعی
Social Sciences
اصطلاح موضوعی
Theology and World Christianity
اصطلاح موضوعی
women
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